Hospital

Out for work, the couple returned to their Sion-Koliwada house in the evening to witness the brutal murder of their only daughter, three-year-old Vaishnavi and Sheetal’s mother, 55-year-old Ranjana Nagotkar. The little girl and the elderly woman lay in a pool of blood, their throats slit.

After struggling for 12 long years, the humble taxi driver finally inaugurated his dream hospital, Marufa Smriti Welfare Foundation hospital, named after his late sister on Saturday.

Dr Sema Sgaier and Amod Kumar explain why, by collecting and acting upon customer feedback, government hospitals can slowly change widely-held perceptions about the quality of their services.

When their driver stepped off the vehicle to open the gates of their home, a speeding car rammed into their vehicle, severely injuring Meera and Ashwini who were in the backseat.

To say that they were going through hell while trying to find help in different parts of the world would be putting mildly.

Few options that a victim of medical negligence can take against an erring health care provider

Saroj Kumar Sahoo and Pramodini Roul met at a hospital when she was getting treatment, and Saroj was a friend of the nurse.

Despite several awareness programmes, the stigma and taboo around breast milk have obstructed the progress of spreading awareness about it.

New hospitals with better infrastructure and medical equipment will come up in Assam, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

Almost all women in the village have been forced to deliver their babies at home, in the fields or the forest, without any medical assistance.